Where to find a wedding videographer who just records normal footage
Every available videographer seems to offer dramatic, highly edited movie-trailer style wedding films instead of simple, straightforward event recordings. Couples who just want their ceremony captured normally are left wondering where to find someone willing to provide unedited raw footage and outtakes.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Ask the videographer to provide the raw and unedited footage instead of a cinematic film
- 2Hire a videographer who shoots corporate events or conferences on the side for clean, unpretentious coverage
- 3Look for packages that include both the edited trailer and the full unedited ceremony, speeches, and first dances
- 4Asking videographers directly about their specific packages
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I’d really love to have the ceremony recorded so I can watch it again someday. But lately it feels like the only option is getting some kind of cinematic wedding film that looks like a movie trailer.”source ↗
“At this point, I have no idea where to find someone who will just… record the wedding normally.”source ↗
“when you pay for videography, do you get the outtakes, raw footage etc. or only the final product?”source ↗
Where this came up
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